Shannae Hart
Hello! I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), in Southern California. I have 8 years experience in working with adults and families. My therapeutic style includes an unwavering commitment to working together in pursuit of your mental well-being. My communication style is personable, relaxed and encouraging.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), in Southern California.
My goal is to create a safe space to process your thoughts without judgement.
First session
In our first session, I want to start getting to know you! In an effort to do so we will be going through a questionnaire on our first session, which involves me asking you questions about yourself both from the past and present. I'd also like to know what specific challenges you are facing or any other topics you'd wish to discuss in our session. From these conversations I help to create a plan to help manage your concerns. Additionally, there will be time in our first session for you to ask me questions. If you are feeling comfortable with our conversation at this point we set an appointment to continue sessions to work on your identified concerns.
Strengths
I am on your side to face and help manage the stressor you are experiencing. I am here to assist you in recognizing your power to transform your life into what you want it to be.
Ideal clients
I am both eager and curious to learn all about the concerns and/or goals of the clients I work with. I take pride in exploring ways to provide support to help in the management of distressing and stressful life experiences. In addition to curiosity, I love to support and empower my clients to embody all that that they desire themselves to be. Mirroring and enhancing strength based and solution focused mindsets.
Ongoing work together
From our initial session through continuing sessions, we are getting to know each other. As I know more about you and the circumstances of your life the more I can offer support and solution focused insights to help manage the concerns and or goals you have when you sought out therapy. It's my hope that in continuing sessions you learn more about my therapeutic style and feel safe and seen to express more about yourself.
Treatment methods
Attachment-based
In my experiences with using attachment based treatment I've watched how its helped clients explore attachment figures in childhood and how those past relationships inform current relationship dynamics. I've seen how this recognition of past attachment figures has helped clients not only resolve traumas of the past but also apply to present relationships. Making for more fulfilling relationships with self and others.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Cognitive behavior therapy helps in making the connection between how our thoughts create our feelings and then dictate our behaviors. This type of therapy practice is especially helpful when you find yourself in an unhelpful thought pattern that is causing distress. Through practice, CBT teaches how to change these thoughts, which changes the feelings and behaviors connected to them.
Culturally Sensitive Therapy
We are all different and I truly respect and admire these differences. I am naturally curious of the different thoughts and perspectives of my clients. I've found that my curiosity of differences has been affirming for my clients from all different walks of life. Furthermore, I have come to highly regard cultural sensitivity therapy through my own personal cultural experiences.
Mindfulness-Based Therapy
Mindfulness therapy involves learning how to recognize our thoughts without forming opinions or judgement. Just because we have the thought, does not make it true. Through practice, this is a tool that is helpful to manage complex or critical and intrusive thoughts.
Location
Virtual sessions
Identifies as
Black / African American
Person of Color (POC)
Woman
Top specialties
Anxiety
Life Transitions
Trauma and PTSD
Other specialties
ADHD
Career Counseling
Childhood / Intergenerational Trauma
Depression
Domestic Violence
Family Conflict
Insomnia/Sleep Issues
Medication Management
Self Esteem
Serves
Adults (18 to 64)
Individual Therapy
Licensed in
CaliforniaLicense 120495